The Need For
More Research

Amniotic Fluid Embolism kills or injures several hundred mother-baby
pairs in the United States every year.Research is needed to understand the cause of the disease so that
it can be prevented or more effectively treated.Yet the importance of AFE extends far beyond its devastated
victims.At the present, there
are no broadly accepted theories or mechanisms explaining how women can
tolerate the presence of their fetus—50% of which comes from an
unrelated father.